1962: SAVE the BAY AREA from CHOKING to DEATH (with BART)!
My favorite bit from this scan of an original flyer in support of Proposition "A": "All statements in this leaflet are accurate and factual." That reassuring disclaimer apparently made this passage adequately persuasive:
Who endorsed Proposition "A"? Taxpayer's groups... labor... doctors, lawyers, merchants, housewives, educators, Republicans, Democrats - everybody who wants a prosperous Bay Area. Opposition? Scattered, local, self-interested.
Indeeeed. The proposition required a district-wide 60% "yes" to pass; it got 61.2%, with the help of folks who cynically voted for it even though they wanted, and expected, it to fail. More after the jump...
Simply Hilarious (and Infuriating): BART Imaginings, 1957
That's right, the original plans recommended "first stage" service past Palo Alto to the south, and across the Bay to San Rafael to the north! I wonder how many stages ago that was?
Maybe they should have drafted up some counterfeit money with which to pay for this pipe dream. (Even a tiny fraction of this fantastical scheme is itself worth much higher fares year after year, it seems.)
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Original Subway Plans from 1931
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Hot damn, look at those McAllister and O'Farrell spurs. Fun to think how different certain neighborhoods would be if this plan were enacted as drafted.
Suck It, BART and SFMTA
SF Appeal reports on the utter generosity of SFMTA.
Is that supposed to make up for their plans to jack up rates from $55 to $60 for MUNI-only "FastPass" and up to $70 for "BART-inclusive FastPass"?
I shall happily fire the first salvo in an all-out offensive against BART if they don't rescind this plan. That's right, BART. Fear me. I will destroy you.
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